Just because the word is overused in other contexts doesn't make the analogy any less appropriate here, so... no, we can't. I didn't simply spit the word out there by itself. A jihad is rooted in ideology, just as was the Civil War and is the RIAA's campaign.
Reason, and reasonableness, has never been a part of their campaign from the beginning.
That is because, as I'm sure you figured out, this is a jihad or religious war to them, and they must win at all cost. They're trying to bend AN ENTIRE WORLD to their will and way of thinking, and they can't afford to lose such a pivotal early skirmish. To them the Jammie Thomas case must appear to be the Battle of Gettysburg, they being the Confederates, and they're trying to achieve a less disastrous outcome for themselves.
i'm far more willing to believe that Wyoming would be the US's "Saudi Arabia of geothermal energy" than i would Nevada
Based on a few articles in National Geographic you read as a kid and a few PBS specials on volcanic activity, right? We all know those sources are authoritative and complete and never exclusionary, right? It's good that you want testimony from an expert(s), especially since your presumption is based on such an incomplete survey in the first place.
one of the great things about geothermal energy is "waste gold" that builds up in the pipes;)... unfortunately along with sulphur and all sorts of less desirable bits and pieces
Well you're only supposed to puff at the damned thing, not inhale it. Haven't you learned anything from our American politicians?
Maybe the drivers who can't be retrained to cooperate should just be shot? That might solve the gridlock in and of itself, you know, thinning the herd.
That was my point to the other person who responded first to my comment: the primary problem with (modern) roundabouts is one of HUMAN engineering, in other words reeducation. Drivers who have been indoctrinated with the stoplight paradigm have been trained to be competitive; when you place those drivers into a roundabout paradigm - which requires far more voluntary cooperation - with no prior training, you can expect major dischord... and you'll get it!
You might say that stoplights are representative of capitalism, while roundabouts are representative of socialism/communalism/mutualism.
You might have a point to some degree, though I think you might have the point backwards: it should be TWO-way (perpendicular) flows that swamp it, not flows in opposite directions. Flows only in opposing directions never have to mingle in the roundabout and can pass through relatively quickly. Heavy traffic from more than just opposing directions demands substantial mingling and increases travel time through the circle, possibly including less-than-optimal travel arcs (i.e. a full circuit or more). That is no different than stoplight intersections, though. However, those are HUMAN engineering problems, I suspect: poorly educated drivers who are indoctrinated with stoplight intersections might be annoyingly slow to adjust to the new paradigm. In reality there's no reason heavy multi-directional traffic should snarl any worse than it does in a stoplighted intersection; it all hinges on whether drivers handle the situation cooperatively or competitively.
... then we wouldn't need to even concern ourselves with auto-adjusting traffic signals. Roundabouts require no energy, no maintenance, and are inherently self-adjusting to traffic flow.
So, really, what the Parents Television Council is ultimately aiming to do is outlaw THINKING bad words or thoughts, right? If the symbolism doesn't matter, it must be the underlying thought or intent, eh?
Yeah... good luck with that. I suspect the principals behind the PTC will wind up being the first ones locked up.
How long has GalaxyZoo been around? Longer than SETI@Home? It's more likely both projects took the hint from how SETI@Home processes data. As another commenter correctly pointed out, these two projects do with spare eyes and brain cycles what SETI@Home does with spare CPU cycles, and all of them rely on having multiple redundant results for the same dataset to verify integrity of the result. It's not exactly rocket science to figure out such a technique would be useful, but SETI@Home has been around for a LONG time, and it's not exactly unknown especially in astronomy circles.
I prefer my friend's idea of a giant Gort-like Constitutional Robot. It would tramp down to Texas give the School Board a good Constitutional whoopin'.
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Yes. Jammie Thomas is (we hope) the Pickett fence that stops the RIAA.
Just because the word is overused in other contexts doesn't make the analogy any less appropriate here, so... no, we can't. I didn't simply spit the word out there by itself. A jihad is rooted in ideology, just as was the Civil War and is the RIAA's campaign.
That is because, as I'm sure you figured out, this is a jihad or religious war to them, and they must win at all cost. They're trying to bend AN ENTIRE WORLD to their will and way of thinking, and they can't afford to lose such a pivotal early skirmish. To them the Jammie Thomas case must appear to be the Battle of Gettysburg, they being the Confederates, and they're trying to achieve a less disastrous outcome for themselves.
I'm downloading the pilot episode now, but if it proves to be as incoherent as that first-day-shoot vlog, I doubt it will be very entertaining.
Nope. The content was just as selective and exclusionary, if for different and less nefarious reasons.
Based on a few articles in National Geographic you read as a kid and a few PBS specials on volcanic activity, right? We all know those sources are authoritative and complete and never exclusionary, right? It's good that you want testimony from an expert(s), especially since your presumption is based on such an incomplete survey in the first place.
Well you're only supposed to puff at the damned thing, not inhale it. Haven't you learned anything from our American politicians?
Tony B., is that you?
It's political payback for McKinnon giving the pompous U.S. government and military a well-deserved black eye.
No soup for you!
... who gets the contract to build the ginormous coffee pot that this ginormous filter will fit into. Would you like that espresso?
Maybe the drivers who can't be retrained to cooperate should just be shot? That might solve the gridlock in and of itself, you know, thinning the herd.
That was my point to the other person who responded first to my comment: the primary problem with (modern) roundabouts is one of HUMAN engineering, in other words reeducation. Drivers who have been indoctrinated with the stoplight paradigm have been trained to be competitive; when you place those drivers into a roundabout paradigm - which requires far more voluntary cooperation - with no prior training, you can expect major dischord... and you'll get it!
You might say that stoplights are representative of capitalism, while roundabouts are representative of socialism/communalism/mutualism.
*ducks*
You might have a point to some degree, though I think you might have the point backwards: it should be TWO-way (perpendicular) flows that swamp it, not flows in opposite directions. Flows only in opposing directions never have to mingle in the roundabout and can pass through relatively quickly. Heavy traffic from more than just opposing directions demands substantial mingling and increases travel time through the circle, possibly including less-than-optimal travel arcs (i.e. a full circuit or more). That is no different than stoplight intersections, though. However, those are HUMAN engineering problems, I suspect: poorly educated drivers who are indoctrinated with stoplight intersections might be annoyingly slow to adjust to the new paradigm. In reality there's no reason heavy multi-directional traffic should snarl any worse than it does in a stoplighted intersection; it all hinges on whether drivers handle the situation cooperatively or competitively.
You just made the strongest anecdotal recommendation possible for roundabouts, and didn't even know it.
... then we wouldn't need to even concern ourselves with auto-adjusting traffic signals. Roundabouts require no energy, no maintenance, and are inherently self-adjusting to traffic flow.
I'm just sayin'.
Well, of course... his name ends with Borg.
Sure... just as soon as Hogwarts becomes a real-life tourist attraction and I can step through a stargate to go on holiday.
... I think I might actually be rooting for a patent lawsuit to succeed.
It's only 100% effective until the first successful mutation of the virus allows it to survive.
So, really, what the Parents Television Council is ultimately aiming to do is outlaw THINKING bad words or thoughts, right? If the symbolism doesn't matter, it must be the underlying thought or intent, eh?
Yeah... good luck with that. I suspect the principals behind the PTC will wind up being the first ones locked up.
How long has GalaxyZoo been around? Longer than SETI@Home? It's more likely both projects took the hint from how SETI@Home processes data. As another commenter correctly pointed out, these two projects do with spare eyes and brain cycles what SETI@Home does with spare CPU cycles, and all of them rely on having multiple redundant results for the same dataset to verify integrity of the result. It's not exactly rocket science to figure out such a technique would be useful, but SETI@Home has been around for a LONG time, and it's not exactly unknown especially in astronomy circles.
Maybe they learned this from the distributed computing folks? SETI@Home and World Community Grid take advantage of the same process.
All that oil is greasing the vocal wheels and making them slip.
I prefer my friend's idea of a giant Gort-like Constitutional Robot. It would tramp down to Texas give the School Board a good Constitutional whoopin'.